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Mathieu van der Poel
Grandson of Raymond Poulidor, and the man who finally put the family in yellow. Van der Poel treats the Tour's first week as a series of one-day races, hunting the maillot jaune on cobbles, crosswinds and short walls.
Nation
Netherlands
Born
19 January 1995, Kapellen
Team
Alpecin-Premier Tech
Type
Classics rider / puncheur
Height
1.84 m
Weight
75 kg
Le Tour
Tour de France record
| Year | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Yellow jersey | Won on Mûr-de-Bretagne, wore yellow for six days |
| 2024 | Stage support | Guided Philipsen to green |
| 2025 | Yellow jersey | Won stage 2 in Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Career
Palmarès
- ▸Tour of Flanders ×3, Paris–Roubaix ×3, Milan–San Remo
- ▸World road race champion 2023; cyclo-cross world champion ×7
Strengths
- + Devastating on 1–3 km walls
- + Bike handling on cobbles and gravel
- + Leadout and sprint finish
Where he loses time
- − Not a GC contender over three weeks
- − High-altitude climbing
Head to head
Rivalries
Wout van Aert
Cyclo-cross childhood rivalry that spilled into a decade of Classics and Tour duels.
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